CSX is spending millions of dollars on televsion commercials with the goal of improving their image on “feel good” propaganda. The ads show different people breathing like swimmers and little kids blowing bubbles and then talks about how environmentally friendly the company is because with fewer trucks on the road, a railroad is helping the environment.

The problem, however, is the dirty little secret that at the same time railroad companies like CSX and Norfolk Southern are bragging about helping the public breathe they are continuing to expose their own workers’ lungs to dangerous mixtures of chemicals and pollutants. For example, train crews including conductors and engineers regularly breathe in diesel fumes which contain horrible elements which cause lung cancer.

To learn more, read this article written by my colleague John Cooper:

CSX Railroad’s Cute Breathing Commercial Hides Sad Truth about Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Among Railroad Workers